Flags fly over the Fairmont Le Manoir Richelie hotel, the location for the G7 summit, in La Malbaie, Quebec on June 1, 2018.; Credit: ALICE CHICHE/AFP/Getty Images

AirTalk’s weekly political roundtable covers the headlines you might have missed over the weekend and previews what’s to come in national politics this week.

• Trump on pardoning himself

• POTUS pardons Dinesh D’Souza, floats pardoning Martha Stewart & Rod Blagojevich. How far can/should he go with his pardoning powers? How have past presidents used the power of the pardon?

• Latest on tariffs (G7 countries slam U.S. at recent meeting) NAFTA status, possibility of separate deals with Canada & Mexico

• North Korea summit back on, says POTUS last Friday

• Melania Trump, who hasn't been seen in public since May 10th, to be at Gold Star ceremony at White House today (it's not open to the press) -- what, if anything,  should we make of her absence?

• Trump breaks protocol with jobs report tweet before data comes out

• Vulnerable Republicans see immigration as political salvation 

• Kevin McCarthy slams Google over ‘Nazism’ error 

• 50th anniversary of Bobby Kennedy’s assassination in L.A.

Guests:

Sean T. Walsh, Republican political analyst and partner at Wilson Walsh Consulting in San Francisco; he is a former adviser to California Governors Pete Wilson and Arnold Schwarzenegger and a former White House staffer for Presidents Reagan and H.W. Bush

Lisa Garcia Bedolla, professor of Education and director of the Institute of Governmental Studies at UC Berkeley; she tweets @GarciaBedolla

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Demonstrators rally in front of the Supreme Court building on the day the court is to hear the case Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission December 5, 2017 in Washington, DC. ; Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

The Supreme Court ruled narrowly Monday for a Colorado baker who wouldn't make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple.

But the court is not deciding the big issue in the case, whether a business can invoke religious objections to refuse service to gay and lesbian people.

The justices' limited ruling turned on what the court described as anti-religious bias on the Colorado Civil Rights Commission when it ruled against baker Jack Phillips. The justices voted 7-2 that the commission violated Phillips' rights under the First Amendment.

Justice Anthony Kennedy said in his majority opinion that the issue "must await further elaboration." Appeals in similar cases are pending, including one at the Supreme Court from a florist who didn't want to provide flowers for a same-sex wedding.

With files from the Associated Press.

Guests:

Jonathan Keller, president and CEO of the California Family Council, a Christian-based non-profit educational organization, which filed an amicus brief on behalf of the petitioner Jack Phillips of Masterpiece Cakeshop Ltd.

Kyle Velte, visiting assistant professor at the Texas Tech University School of Law, and incoming faculty of the University of Kansas School of Law; she filed an amicus brief on behalf the respondents in this case

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See KPCC's Human Voter Guide for more information on Tuesday's Primary.; Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Southern California is home to a half-dozen congressional districts where the fate of Republican seats could help decide which of the two major parties wins control of the U.S. House.

Nearly all of the districts are in Orange County, the once staunchly conservative region undergoing demographic changes that are nudging the county more to the left.

In 2016, for the first time in 80 years, Orange County favored a Democrat for president. Two incumbent GOP congressmen — Darrell Issa and Ed Royce — announced earlier this year that they were stepping down from office.

Their decision opened up the field to a rush of congressional hopefuls from both parties. Larry speaks with a panel of political experts to break down the ballot. Click here for KPCC’s guide to key congressional races.

Ready for Election Day? Get up to speed on what you need to know with KPCC’s Voter Game Plan.  Read up on the candidates and ballot measures, find out about registration deadlines and ask us your questions.

Guests:

Libby Denkmann, KPCC’s veterans and military reporter; she tweets @libdenk     

Dan Walters, long-time California politics observer with CALmatters, a nonprofit public interest publication

Dan Schnur, professor in UC Berkeley’s department of political science and USC’s Annenberg School for Communication; he is also founder of the USC / Los Angeles Times statewide political poll and director of Sacramento Bee’s 2018 “California Influencer” project, a virtual panel of 60 state leaders discussing the biggest challenges in California’s future; he tweets @danschnur

Jaime Regalado, professor emeritus of political science at Cal State LA; he was executive director of the Pat Brown Institute at Cal State LA from 1991-2011

Tom Campbell, professor of economics and law at Chapman University; a member of the United States Congress from 1989-1993 and 1995-2001; a member of the California State Senate from 1993-1995; and the director of the California Department of Finance from 2004-2005

Raphe Sonenshein, executive director of the Pat Brown Institute at Cal State LA

Fernando Guerra, professor and director of the Center for the Study of Los Angeles at Loyola Marymount University

Michael Alvarez, professor of political science at CalTech; he is spearheading CalTech’s research project with Orange County working to develop tools and measures to understand voting and election integrity

Norberto Santana, Jr., publisher for Voice of OC, Orange County’s nonprofit newsroom; he tweets @NorbertoSantana

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Voters line up to cast their ballots at a polling station in Arcadia, California.; Credit: RINGO CHIU/AFP/Getty Images

Happy California primary.

Larry checks in with KPCC reporter Sharon McNary, who’s been hitting up several polling stations in Orange County and Los Angeles County, as well as Registrar of Voters for O.C. and L.A.

Guests:

Sharon McNary, KPCC reporter who’s been hitting several polling places in Orange and LA County today; she is currently in the City of Commerce; she was in Garden Grove, Little Saigon, and Fullerton earlier this morning

Dean Logan, Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk for Los Angeles County, California 

Neal Kelley, Registrar of Voters for Orange County, California; he’s been visiting various polling locations in the county

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Michel Moore; Credit: Courtesy of LAPD

After being a finalist for LAPD chief in 2009 only to see the job go to Charlie Beck, Michel Moore has been selected to succeed Beck by L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti.

Moore, a 37-year veteran of the force, runs the LAPD's day-to-day patrol operations as first assistant chief, the number two at the department behind Beck, who's stepping down June 27. Moore, 54, has held nearly every top job at the department, overseeing everything from the budget to personnel to special operations.

To read the rest of Frank’s story, click here

Guests:

Connie Rice, civil rights lawyer and co-founder of the Urban Peace Institute, an advocacy group that works towards community safety and fair policing; she is on the board of KPCC trustees

Frank Stoltze, KPCC criminal justice and public safety issues correspondent who’s been following the search for the new LAPD Chief; he’ll be speaking to Moore and Mayor Eric Garcetti later today on the new appointment

Craig Lally, president of the Los Angeles Police Protective League, the union that represents LAPD officers

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Alba Cerrato displays her cocktail of 14 different medications.; Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

President Donald Trump signed the “right-to-try” bill into law on Wednesday, a measure that gives terminally ill patients access to experimental drugs that have not yet been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

The law permits the use of drugs that are still in clinical trials and "have passed Phase 1 of the Food and Drug Administration's approval process," according to reports. Under the “right-to-try,” patients will be able to choose to follow doctors’ recommendations and drug companies while sidestepping the FDA. Some proponents say this move will be particularly helpful for patients who go from country to country trying to seek a cure when they can get help right here at home.

Meanwhile, some critics call this a questionable privilege given that such drugs have passed only preliminary safety testing and only a small fraction of these treatments will get approved.

What do you think, will you be willing for a loved one or yourself to experiment with medicines of questionable safety that may or may not work? Call us at 866-893-5722

Guests:

Christina Sandefur, executive vice president of the Goldwater Institute, an Arizona-based libertarian think tank; she is the co-author of the original right to try law; she tweets @cmsandefur

Alison Bateman-House, assistant professor in the Division of Medical Ethics at New York University Langone Medical Center; she testified before a House Energy and Commerce Committee on examining patient access to investigational drugs; she tweets @ABatemanHouse

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Miss Georgia 2017 Alyssa Beasley participates in Swimsuit challenge during Miss America 2018 - Second Night of Preliminary Competition at Boardwalk Hall Arena September 7, 2017 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.; Credit: Donald Kravitz/Getty Images for Dick Clark Productions

The Miss America pageant is dropping the swimsuit competition, saying it will no longer judge contestants on their appearance but on “what makes you you.”

The pageant began nearly 100 years ago as a bathing beauty contest to keep tourists coming to this seaside resort after Labor Day. But in recent decades, women’s groups and others have complained that making contestants parade across the stage in bathing suits and high heels is outdated, sexist and more than a little silly.

With files from the Associated Press.

Guests:

Wayne Parry, reporter for the Associated Press who has been following this story; he tweets @WayneParryAC

Kimberly Hamlin, associate professor of history and american studies at Miami University of Ohio; she is the author the article “Beauty Pageants and American Politics” in the publication Origins;  she tweets @ProfessorHamlin

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Diagram of Watt's improved steam engine, fig.s 119 - 122, and Hornblower's steam engine, fig.s 123 - 125. Encyclopaedia Londinensis - pub. 1816 ; Credit: Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Humans have a habit of measuring things. Our shoe size. The ingredients in our food. How long it takes to get to work, with or without traffic.

All of these conscious and subconscious calculations rely on accurate measurements. But how do you measure accuracy? What’s the right calculation for precision? Is perfection something that can actually be attained?

In his latest book, “The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World,” New York Times bestselling author Simon Winchester follows the history of precision, from its inception, to practice, to domination. Early precision tools used to make guns and glass during the Industrial Revolution paved the way for today’s microchips and gene splicing.

But Winchester also gets to the heart of why precision matters. And in the pursuit of transforming the organic to the manufactured, have we lost the art and freedom of craftsmanship?

Host Larry Mantle speaks with Winchester about the making of the book and our human affection for detail.

Guest:

Simon Winchester, British journalist, broadcaster, and author of many books, including his latest, “The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World” (Harper 2018)

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A poll worker hands out 'I Voted' stickers. ; Credit: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

Coming off last night’s California primary, the table is set for what to expect in November.

We know that the governor’s race will be between Democrat Gavin Newsom and Republican John Cox, and that Kevin de Leon earned a spot to challenge incumbent Dianne Feinstein for her seat in the U.S. Senate.

There’s also more clarity regarding the crucial O.C. congressional race, which could help determine whether Democrats take back the House during midterm elections.

Larry and his panel of guests look forward to November 8.

Follow KPCC’s coverage here

Guests:

Michael Alvarez, professor of political science at Caltech; he is spearheading Caltech’s research project with Orange County working to develop tools and measures to understand voting and election integrity

Sean T. Walsh, Republican political analyst and partner at Wilson Walsh Consulting in San Francisco; he is a former adviser to California Governors Pete Wilson and Arnold Schwarzenegger and a former White House staffer for Presidents Reagan and H.W. Bush  

Fernando Guerra, professor and director of the Center for the Study of Los Angeles at Loyola Marymount University; he is a member of the Southern California Public Radio Board of Trustees

Norberto Santana, Jr., publisher for Voice of OC, Orange County’s nonprofit newsroom; he tweets @NorbertoSantana

Dan Walters, long-time California politics observer with CALmatters, a nonprofit public interest publication

Tom Campbell, professor of economics and law at Chapman University

Dan Schnur, professor of political science at UC Berkeley and USC’s Annenberg School for Communication; founder of the USC / Los Angeles Times statewide political poll; he tweets @danschnur 

Pete Peterson, dean of the School of Public Policy and senior fellow at The Davenport Institute at Pepperdine University; he tweets @Pete4CA 

Thad Kousser, department chair and professor of political science at University of California, San Diego

Matt Barreto, professor of Chicano studies and political science at University of California, Los Angeles; co-founder of the polling and research firm Latino Decisions

Karthick Ramakrishnan, professor and associate dean at the School of Public Policy at UC Riverside

John Myers, Sacramento bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times; he tweets @johnmyers

Raphe Sonenshein, executive director of the Pat Brown Institute at Cal State LA

Cenk Uygur, the host and creator of liberal YouTube news show "The Young Turks”; he tweets @cenkuygur

Ange-Marie Hancock-Alfaro, professor of political science and chair of gender studies at USC; she tweets @AngeMarieH

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LAUSD students at Leland Street Elementary School in Los Angeles.; Credit: Kyle Stokes/KPCC

The LA Unified School District Advisory Task Force released its report on Tuesday that identifies challenges the district is facing.

The report - titled ‘Hard Choices’ - calls on LA Unified to create a budget focused on students’ needs. Among the most pressing challenges was the budget deficit, a problem that would force severe cutbacks in programs and jobs.

The district will have a deficit of $400 million by school year 2020-21, according to task force co-chair Wendy Greuel. Unless fixed, the report says, the district will exhaust its savings. Compared to similar school systems, the Los Angeles school district is spending more on teachers’ pay and less on activities that could enhance student learning.

‘Hard Choices’ is based on the work of consultants, who delivered their analysis to LAUSD Superintendent Austin Beutner’s panel in March. Some conclusions in the report - notably those about salaries and benefits - are expected to be challenged by unions, reports the Los Angeles Times.

We take a closer look at the budget challenges the LAUSD is facing and how the district intends to address them.

Guests:

Wendy Greuel, co-chair of the LAUSD Task Force, which released a report this week looking at the financial challenges facing the district; former L.A. city controller

Alex Caputo-Pearl, president of the teacher’s union, United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA)

David Tokofsky, a consultant strategist with the Associated Administrators of Los Angeles, which represents principals and other administrators working in LAUSD; former LAUSD board member and a former teacher in the district

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(L-R) Wynn Resorts board members Betsy Atkins, Pat Mulroy, Wynn Resorts EVP and General Counsel Kim Sinatra, Wynn Resorts board members Dee Dee Myers and Wendy Webb attend the inaugural Women's Leadership Forum at Wynn Las Vegas on May 14, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada.; Credit: David Becker/Getty Images for Wynn Las Vegas

California state Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara) and Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) introduced a bill (SB 826) that would require any California-based corporation that sell stock on a major U.S. exchange to have at least one woman on its board of directors by the end of next year.

The proposal wants to address the issue of the dearth of female representation on corporate boards. But critics question the constitutionality of such a proposal, among other things. Call us at 866-893-5722 and weigh in.

Guests:

Betsy Berkhemer-Credaire, former president of the National Association of Women Business Owners; she wrote a book on this topic called “The Board Game: How Smart Women Become Corporate Directors” (Angel City Press, 2013)

Katherine Mangu-Ward, editor-in-chief for Reason magazine; she tweets @kmanguward

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Jack Nicholson in Warner Bros.' "The Shining."

Graying adults driving red Corvettes were just a glimmer in Elliott Jaques’ eye when he first coined the term “midlife crisis” at a psychiatric conference in 1957.

If only he could have predicted the decades of dread those two words would instill.

But an article recently published in The Atlantic argues that the original definition of a midlife crisis – internal strife caused by the realization that death is looming – has ballooned over time, making it more of a social construct than an actual experience.

A massive study formed in 1995 called “Midlife in the United States” (MIDUS) researches this relatively data-dry psychological stage in adulthood and has made some interesting discoveries. According to their data, though midlife crises are often portrayed as an inevitable experience only about 10-20% of adults experience one, and those individuals are often crisis-prone to begin with.

If you are currently in your middle years, what are your thoughts? Have you noticed a change in stress since transitioning into the fine wine stage of life? How have your priorities shifted?

Guests:

Pamela Druckerman, journalist and author of the recently released “There Are No Grown-ups: A Midlife Coming-of-Age Story” (Penguin Press 2018)

David M. Almeida, lifespan development psychologist and professor at Pennsylvania State University; he is a lead researcher for Midlife in the United States (MIDUS), a longitudinal study through the University of Wisconsin-Madison which investigates health and well-being during middle age

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Guide dog at Newark Liberty Airport; Credit: Stephen Chernin/Getty Images

If you’ve flown commercially recently, maybe you’ve noticed that it seems like an awful lot of dogs are being allowed to fly with their owners in the airplane’s cabin. If so, you’re not alone.

Emotional support animals are typically household pets that a medical professional has deemed necessary for a person’s mental well-being. They differ from service animals, which complete rigorous training to become certified to assist someone with a physical disability like blindness or difficulty hearing.

In recent years, more and more airline passengers have been taking emotional support animals on flights with them, and it’s gotten the attention of not only other travelers, but the airlines themselves. And it’s not just dogs they’re seeing, but pigs and ducks and, in one instance, even a peacock.

Earlier this year, both Delta and United announced they would be streamlining their policies for emotional support animals by requiring passengers to give proof 48 hours before the flight that the animal is in good health and is up-to-date on vaccinations, and to acknowledge responsibility for the animal’s actions during the flight.

On Wednesday, JetBlue announced that it, too, would be narrowing its rules for emotional support animals on flights. United says it saw a 75 percent uptick in passengers flying with emotional support animals compared to 2016, and Delta says complaints about animals biting someone or relieving themselves during a flight have doubled since 2016.

What is the difference between a service animal, an emotional support animal, and a therapy animal? How do airlines see these animals differently? Have you noticed an increase in the number of airline passengers traveling with animals? If you have an emotional support animal or therapy animal, what has your experience flying with it been?

Guest:

Aubrey Fine, licensed clinical psychologist based in Claremont who specializes in human-animal interaction and animal-assisted therapy; he is also the chair of the steering committee on human-animal interactions for the American Veterinary Medical Association and author of several books on human-animal interaction, including "Handbook on Animal Assisted Therapy" (4th edition, Academic Press 2015)

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People line up outside of the Social Security Administration office Feb. 2, 2005 in San Francisco, California.; Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

For the first time since 1983, Social Security will have to dip into its trust fund to cover costs.

While this isn’t a complete shock, it’s an early move. It was predicted Social Security wouldn’t need to hit up its nearly $3 trillion trust fund until three years from now.

As reported by the Wall Street Journal, lower economic growth projections were the culprit for the early dip into the program’s trust, which will be depleted by 2034. So is this an indication that Social Security is in trouble?

Guests:

Brian Riedl, economist and senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a New York-based conservative think tank; he’s been following the story

Michael Hiltzik, business columnist at the LA Times and author of the book, “The Plot Against Social Security: How the Bush Plan Is Endangering Our Financial Future” (Harper, 2005)

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A Border Patrol officer watches the border wall in San Diego, California. ; Credit: Bill Wechter/Getty Images

The LA Times reports border authorities are planning to significantly increase criminal prosecutions of people who cross illegally into the US.

Most people caught crossing into Southern CA are deported without facing charges. But it appears that policy will change. Should illegal crossers be charged? We’ll debate it.

Guests:

Claude Arnold, a consultant at Frontier Solutions, a crisis management firm based in D.C.; he is also a retired special agent with ICE for over a decade, holding various roles at the agency, including overseeing all aspects of ICE investigative mission in the L.A. area and in Southern Nevada

Jeremy Warren, criminal defense attorney in San Diego; he was part of a group of lawyers and judges that was briefed on the Trump administration’s proposal to fast-track the judicial proceedings of those who cross the border into California illegally

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The Echus Chasma, one of the largest water source regions on Mars, is pictured from ESA's Mars Express. ; Credit: ESA/Getty Images

New Mars discoveries are advancing the case for possible life on the red planet, past or even present.

Scientists reported Thursday that NASA's Curiosity rover has found potential building blocks of life in an ancient Martian lakebed. Hints have been found before, but this is the best evidence yet.

The organic molecules preserved in 3.5 billion-year-old bedrock in Gale Crater - believed to once contain a shallow lake the size of Florida's Lake Okeechobee - suggest conditions back then may have been conducive to life. That leaves open the possibility that microorganisms once populated our planetary neighbor and still might.

With files from The Associated Press. 

Guest:

Kirsten Siebach, Martian geologist at Rice University

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Anthony Bourdain attends "WASTED! The Story of Food Waste" Premiere during 2017 Tribeca Film Festival at BMCC Tribeca PAC on April 22, 2017 in New York City. ; Credit: Robin Marchant/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Fe

Suicide rates inched up in nearly every U.S. state from 1999 through 2016, according to a new government report released Thursday.

The CDC report comes at a time of heightened attention to the issue with the suicides this week of designer Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain.

The study found that more than half of suicides in 2015 in a subgroup of 27 states were among people with no known mental health condition. It’s important to note that suicide is rarely caused by any single factor, health officials said, but information from coroners’ reports suggest many of the deaths followed relationship problems, substance use and financial crises.

Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death and one of just three leading causes that are on the rise. There were nearly 45,000 suicides in 2016. Middle-aged adults - ages 45 to 64 - had the largest rate increase, rising to 19.2 per 100,000 in 2016 from 13.2 per 100,000 in 1999.

In light of Bourdain’s passing this morning, Larry sits down with Gustavo Arellano to reflect on the chef’s life and career. He also discusses prevention techniques with experts, and takes your calls on how to push through suicidal thoughts.

With files from the Associated Press.

If you are in need of support, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, 1-800-273-8255, for free and confidential help 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Guests:

Deborah M. Stone, behavioral scientist in the Division of Violence Prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; she is the lead author of the CDC’s Vital Signs report on trends in state suicide rates; and a former con

Gustavo Arellano, California columnist for L.A. Times Opinion section; former editor and “¡Ask a Mexican!” columnist of O.C. Weekly; he was on a Los Angeles-based episode of Bourdain’s “Parts Unknown” in 2017; he tweets @GustavoArellano

Mark S. Kaplan, professor of social welfare at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs whose research focuses on understanding suicide risk factors among vulnerable populations

Sandri Kramer, project manager at the Didi Hirsch Suicide Prevention Center in Los Angeles

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The San Andreas Fault, visible as the line between grey metamorphic quartz monzonite and brown sedimentary sandstone and siltstone, is seen at Tejon Pass; Credit: David McNew/Getty Images

The plan to build a community in northern L.A. County’s Tejon Ranch has been debated for years.

At this week’s Regional Planning Commission hearing, a conversation was sparked again. As the Los Angeles Times reports, Tejon Ranch’s proposed Centennial development plan would create a 12,000 acre site, complete with 20,000 new homes and schools, parks and a sheriff’s station.

This could be good news for Angelenos in the midst of the county’s housing crisis. It could also mean relief for nearby residents who commute far distances for work and to reach schools, parks and libraries.

But environmental groups opposing the plan argue that it would hurt air quality, endanger wildlife such as the California condor and impact grasslands. There are also concerns about earthquake fault lines and fire risks in the area. The Centennial development is one of three plans at Tejon Ranch that have been on the table since 1999.

The Regional Planning Commission will vote on the project in July. If approved, it will head to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for the final greenlight.

Guests:

Barry Zoeller, vice president of corporate communications and investor relations at Tejon Ranch Co.; the company is behind the Centennial development project

Ileene Anderson, senior scientist at the Center for Biological Diversity, an environmental advocacy nonprofit, her focus includes protecting endangered species

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrives in Singapore on June 10, 2018.; Credit: Terence Tan /Singapore Ministry of Communications and Information via Getty Images

President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will meet in Singapore tonight for a historic summit.

The meeting – which will start at 9 a.m. on June 12, Singapore time – was originally announced in early March, only to be cancelled by Trump in late May. In a letter to the Chairman, Trump cited “tremendous anger and open hostility” in a recent Kim statement as his reason for backing out. On June 1, Trump announced the summit was back on after a top North Korean official met with Trump for more than 90 minutes and delivered a personal letter from Kim.

It will be the first time a North Korean leader has met with a sitting U.S. president, despite decades of tense relations. Trump is expected to be accompanied by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Chief of Staff John Kelly and National Security Adviser John Bolton, among other White House officials.

Pompeo, who was instrumental in arranging the summit, said last week that while President Trump is hopeful, he is “going into the summit with his eyes wide open.”

Larry speaks with experts in national security and the Koreas, as well as a member of L.A.’s Korean community, to get the latest reactions and expectations ahead of tonight’s summit.

Guests:

Jim Walsh, international security expert and senior research associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Security Studies Program (SSP), a graduate-level research and educational program at MIT; he tweets @DrJimWalshMIT

Sung-Yoon Lee, an expert on the Koreas and professor in Korean Studies at The Fletcher School at Tufts University

Alexandra Suh, executive director of the Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance (KIWA), an immigrant advocacy nonprofit; she tweets @SuhAlexandra

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Illustration of the workplace.; Credit: Btownchris/Getty Images

How many times has the phrase “It’s not personal, it’s business” been applied to a workplace conflict? And how many times has the recipient thought, “Well if it were only that easy?”

The ratio is probably pretty even.

Well, that’s where Alison Green comes in. During her years managing a non-profit, she noticed employee after employee wanting more – a raise, increased responsibility, a new role – without knowing how to ask for it. Inspired, she started a blog called “Ask a Manager,” where readers could write in and ask for workplace advice.

Green’s new book, “Ask a Manager: How to Navigate Clueless Colleagues, Lunch-Stealing Bosses, and the Rest of Your Life at Work,” consolidates some of the most popular, pressing lessons she has uncovered on her blog. Written as a series of 200 hypothetical conversations, the book provides guidelines for how to handle difficult interpersonal and professional situations with your superiors and coworkers.

Larry sits down with the author to discuss what she’s learned during her years of giving advice, and welcomes any questions you may have regarding your own workplace conundrums.

Guest:

Alison Green, author of “Ask a Manager: How to Navigate Clueless Colleagues, Lunch-Stealing Bosses, and the Rest of Your Life at Work” (Ballantine Books 2018); she also runs the Ask a Manager daily blog and writes the workplace advice column “Ask a Boss” for New York magazine

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